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Connecting Statement:
To rebuke the religious leaders and illustrate their unbelief, Jesus tells a parable about rebellious servants. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parables)
a landowner
"a person who owned a piece of property"
a hedge
"a wall" or "a fence"
dug a winepress in it
"dug a hole in the vineyard in which to press the grapes"
rented it out to vine growers
The owner still owned the vineyard, but he allowed the vine growers to give him money so they could take care of it and have the grapes when they became ripe.
vine growers
These were people who knew how to take care of vines and grapes.